Enrollment
58
Middle
DISTRICT 114 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOWLER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R4J·NCES 080411000567
Fowler Junior High School
601 WEST GRANT, FOWLER, CO 81039 · (719) 263-4224 · Otero County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Colorado public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
35 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 32 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 45% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fowler Junior High School→Fowler High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fowler School District No. R4J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 31.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fowler Junior High School
Fowler Junior High School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Junior High School this school | 58 | 60.3% | 37.6% |
| Simla Junior High School SIMLA | 63 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| Custer Middle School WESTCLIFFE | 69 | 53.6% | 27.9% |
| Kiowa Middle School KIOWA | 66 | 45.5% | 26.4% |
| SARGENT MIDDLE SCHOOL MONTE VISTA | 70 | 45.7% | 31.1% |
| Cedaredge Middle School CEDAREDGE | 154 | 64.9% | 32.6% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fowler Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #266 of 278 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
58
+8 (+16%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 86
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58 | 4.9 | 11.9:1 | 60% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 5.1 | 11.7:1 | 53% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 63 | 4.5 | 13.9:1 | 46% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 50 | 5 | 10.0:1 | 66% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 58 | 5.3 | 10.9:1 | 50% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 6 | 11.0:1 | 56% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 67 | 5 | 13.4:1 | 51% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 58 | 4 | 14.5:1 | 36% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 86 | 3 | 28.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fowler Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (58 to 58); teachers down 8% (5.3 to 4.9).
About Fowler Junior High School
Fowler Junior High School is a very small middle school in Colorado, located in FOWLER. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 58 students. That is 87% below the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
Fowler School District No. R4J, which runs Fowler Junior High School, has 3 schools and 342 students.
About 76% of the student body at Fowler Junior High School is White. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 67% of Otero County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
The school has 4.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Colorado is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Otero County report 71%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Fowler Junior High School outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.1% at Fowler Junior High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.6%.
In Otero County, home to about 18,321 people, the median household earns about $54,037 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Otero County number 15, with about 3,027 students.
Fowler Junior High School's nearest public school is Fowler Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Fowler Junior High School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Fowler Junior High School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 16%. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.0 to 11.9 over 4 years.
People who know Fowler Junior High School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Otero County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,321
Census ACS
Median income
$54,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,027 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fowler School District No. R4J
- Fowler Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Fowler High SchoolHigh · 101 students
Other schools in FOWLER
- Fowler Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Fowler High SchoolHigh · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Fowler Elementary School0.0 mi · 183
- Fowler High School0.1 mi · 101
- Manzanola Junior-Senior High School9.0 mi · 103
- Manzanola Elementary School9.0 mi · 71
- Crowley County Junior and Senior High School16.3 mi · 156
- Crowley County Virtual Education Academy16.3 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Fowler Junior High SchoolHow large is Fowler Junior High School?
Fowler Junior High School enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Fowler Junior High School serve?
Fowler Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fowler Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fowler Junior High School is approximately 11.9:1 (5 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fowler Junior High School?
Fowler Junior High School reports a student body of 76% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Fowler Junior High School?
Fowler Junior High School is overseen by Fowler School District No. R4J in Otero County.
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